Alex
@miidalex.bsky.social
Researcher in training with focus on viral immunology & molecular pathogenesis. Interested in emerging/zoonotic infectious disease, immune imprinting, SARS-CoV-2, and (mainly) food.
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This preprint just came out. @wchnicholas.bsky.social and team reconstructed and tested the NJ Spike and found that it has the tightest ACE2 binding of any SC2 Spike ever measured.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
This preprint just came out. @wchnicholas.bsky.social and team reconstructed and tested the NJ Spike and found that it has the tightest ACE2 binding of any SC2 Spike ever measured.
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www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Ongoing surveillance of viruses & microbes (bacteria, fungi, and parasites) in farmed mammals is crucial for revealing #publichealth threats
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Extensive cross-species transmission of pathogens and antibiotic resistance genes in mammals neglected by public health surveillance
Non-traditional farmed and wild mammals are often neglected in pathogen surveillance. Through metagenomic and metatranscriptomic sequencing of fecal a…
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November 15, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Ongoing surveillance of viruses & microbes (bacteria, fungi, and parasites) in farmed mammals is crucial for revealing #publichealth threats
@cellpress.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@cellpress.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...